This is an analysis of the poem Fancy that begins with:
O fancy, if thou flyest, come back anon,
Thy fluttering wings are soft as love's first word,... full text
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: Xaabbaabcdcede
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 14,
- Closest metre: iambic pentameter
- Сlosest rhyme: rima
- Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
- Guessed form: sonnet with iambic pentameter or irregular meter
- Metre: 1100111110 11001111111 1101010011 1101010100 1111011111 0111111001 0111111111 11010010101 1101011111 1111010101 0111010111 1001111011 11001001001 01010010101
- Amount of stanzas: 1
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 622
- Average number of words per stanza: 118
- Amount of lines: 14
- Average number of symbols per line: 44 (strings are more long than medium ones)
- Average number of words per line: 8
Mood of the speaker:
The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.
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